Trend Micro threat analysts come across a huge number of phishing cases that feature nearly identical domain names every day. In a Web reputation manual verification exercise, analysts found that three of the most popular phishing targets to date were Chase, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and, just recently, Web hosting sites. To launch such…
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Fraud Analyst
Trend Micro security experts received email messages that supposedly came from Facebook. It asks recipients to update their login credentials for security purposes. It then instructs them to click the URL provided in the email message. When the user clicks the URL, it points them to a spoofed Facebook website where they are required to…
Read MoreWe have recently discovered a version, of online fraud that takes the guise of a legitimate-lookng news website. At first glance, the content of the purported news page appears real but after conducting further analysis, one will realize that the news page is actually a spammy site. What’s supposed to be a news article is…
Read MoreThe Trend Micro Content Security team has discovered a phishing attack targeting users of the German-owned file-hosting website, RapidShare. Aside from their free hosting service, the website also offers a benefit for premium members who opt to pay a certain fee through PayPal, or by means of RapidShare authorized resellers. This nuance was not lost…
Read MoreThe Trend Micro Content Security Team discovered two phishing URLs just within hours of each other that use legitimate credit unions to trick unknowing users into giving out confidential information. Here’s a screenshot of a page that spoofs the O Bee Credit Union: Figure 1. Sample phishing page. The page is hosted in the URL…
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